The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-15
THE NEW CREMATORY
AND IT'S MANAGEMENT CAUSE
Much Discussion Among Couneiimeu.
A Special Session Devoted to 1t.
A Salary for tho Mayor.
Hills Ordered Paid.

A Salary for tho Mayor.
Hills Ordered Paid.
A special meeting Of Council was called
for last evening. There was large turn
gu. Of tho members Of tho Second Branch
and o rather interesting session Of that
entertaining body held. There was also
quorum Of tho First to be found In the
chamber and lobby until late hour, but
as tho Second was not able 10 furnish any
business for the First 10 net upon, and 'as
1t had no papers on ita own table to con.
slider, It was not called TO order. The pur.
pose OF the special meeting was to pasa
tho monthly bills, which were neglected
ct the regular meeting, but tho Second
took up the crematory ordinance frat and
apent 60 much time on II that all tie
members Of the other branch grew tired
and went home. 1t Is probable that an.
other special meeting will be held next
Tuesday evening ,-5 ,seli ~
The Second Branch was called to order
shortly after s o'clock by President
Sweeney. The calling OF the roll showed
the following members absent: Meesrc.
Butts, Clator, Peterson, Schrebe, Stanley,
Vockler ind YGhn. The reading OF the
minutes was DISPENSED with by general
consent, Clerk BoTerO not having had
time to complete the voluminous and
lengthy record Of last Tuesday evenings
meeting. H.' .-
When this Branch adjourned las. Tues.
day evening 1t was engaged in consider.
log the ordinance in relation to thu man.
ugement Of the new garbage and nigh.
aoil cremstory. This was taken up the
frst thing, as unfinished business, last
evening. Mr.. Tracy moved to postpone
indefinitely further consideration of the
ordinance. MIR. Gilleiand wanted to know
the reason for this motiou. Mr.. Tracy
said that the construction Of tho ordinance
was co very crude that no ond OF amend.
mOnts were made necessary, and that the
making Of thon md the passing OF the or
, llinanco would cnneume more time than
this Council hadat its disposal, and as all
nnlniBhed buainess would expire with
tho Council, tho tine spent OH the ordi.
! nance would be SO much time lost.
Mr.. Harrell was OF the opinion that the
ordinance should bs considered to tho end
, aud then either passed or killed. Colonel
Caldwell asked Mr. Tracy for further res.
sons for his desiring 10 postpone. Mr.
Tracy referred to tho TINS in 1876 when
, Harry Smith and ono or two others were
given practically monopoly olthe business
and the howl that that action Of Council
occasioIed. In 1880 that Objectionable
, ordinance was changed; now, Mr.. Tracy
stated, the ccematory ordinance under
!, consideration, proposed granting q few al.
most as large monopoly M thatenjoyed by
Smith yesrs before; it was provided tina.
iron tanks, patent pumpa, on which
, royalties would be charged, aud other ex.
pensivo appliances must DO used, all OF
which would crowd out the poorer hau!ers.
Mr.. Hildreth thought that it would DO
confession CT weakness to abandon the
ordinances at this stage, and large ma.
iority Of the Branch soneqrfed with him
| in this vieS. So the strusgle with the ordi.
nance was once more commenced and
about 10 o'clock 1t was adopted, but in
such mangled condition that 1t is doubt.
tal il DR.. Garrison will recosniz, 1t;
what It will look like when the First has
gone over il, II il ever docs, is something
hard to conjecture. b
| The Second has covered it With amend.
merls and cut out whole sections, smoag
otneru the one providing for fees to be
charged for use OF the crema:ory, aad the
one providing for charges to be made for
permits to be- granted by tho Health Off
Ger, who sss also to collect the fee charged.
In the cou,ss OF Tie discussions there
WAC considerable fun indal2cl in, but
strange to relate no one was offended. In
the meantime the crematory stnldsidle on
the hill waiting for a practical ordnance
10 govern it, management. :
AS coon as tile Crsnatory ordinance had
been disposed Of there Eere several mo-
tions TO adjourn, but they were all quickly
withdrawn when it was suggested thst
tho men whose bills were Awaiting action
might remember those voting for an Gd-
journment, at the polls, on the eth Inst.
Dir. Hildreth presented IN ordinance
amendilg the ordinance in relation to the
Mayor by providing that for his services
he ehould receive compensation Of -
dollars per annum, and later OIL moved to
fill the blank with 81 500. This ordinance
wass finally put aside. The view the ma
jority seemed to take Of it was that It did
not accomplish what IL desired. The
giving OF a salary does not edd tbs dig.
nifty and power that the oillcs should have
and that is now sadly lacking. Nor would
. salary remedy the other defects. The
vote wa twelve to eight on this matter.
President STcegey voted with the mi
nority, and raised : great laugh before
doing 80 by asking Clerk Rogers in
ota2e whisper, how the vote stood.
8ir. Healy made another etlor. to have
the ordinance putting the Grand Central
variety thestre on ths p9pe footing as the
Opera House and Grand passed, but
failed, the paper on its second reading
being referred to the Committee on 0rdi-
naEces for examination; that practically
kills that paper. The committee reports
wero then takenup.
The l,ard OF Police and Fire Commits
sioners presented bills aggregating S57. "a
on account OF the Fire Department, and
bills aggregating 1854 05 Oh account Of the
Police Department, all Of which TeEa or.
dsred paid. Or The amount ordered paid
on accoynt OF the police, Sl35 % was the
bill Of Sheriff Handlsn for maintaining
city prisoners in the jail.
The Committee on City Prison recon-
mended the payment Of bills enunorated
in the report Of the Superintendent agsre-
eating Sll0, and also tho payment OF a bill
Of S73 10 for putting in natural gas pipes
and fixtures. These bills were ordsied
paid, During the month OF December the
prisoners worked on roads and pipe line
100 dsyp.
The Committee cd Markets presented
bills sggregatins sos 81, vbiah were
ordered paid. The committee recon4srd,
ed that the rent OF outside stalls on the
east side OF the Center Market be fixed
until further changed by Council at the
rate of $50 per annum for whole stalls aud
$40 per suaun for half s!alla, which was
so ordered. s.-..-. -
Tho Cauu,;ttno an ccnup.a ,.,,optod